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What is a main difference between an ode and an elegy?

A

An ode is written to loved ones; an elegy to a public official.

B

An ode has four lines in each stanza, while the lines in the stanzas of an elegy may vary.

C

An ode has complex rhyming patterns, while an elegy generally does not.

D

An ode is written in iambic pentameter; an elegy is written in iambic tetrameter

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C. An ode has complex rhyming patterns, while an elegy generally does not.

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The correct answer is C: An ode has complex rhyming patterns, while an elegy generally does not.

Explanation:

Odes and elegies are both lyrical poems of Greek origin, who diverge from one another in everything but their origin. While odes were created in order to exalt, or revere, a situation, a person, a character trait, elegies were sorrowful poems that wished to exalt the grief for the dead, or for a bad situation. In structure, there is also a big difference between the two types of poems. In ode, we have three different structural styles to choose from to build one: Pindaric, Horatian and irregular. In elegies, however, there is no given structure, which makes it easier for a poet to build them as they have more freedom to construct than in odes.

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